🔹 Frank James Marshall - Jose Raul Capablanca, New York 1909
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The playing hall at the 12th FIDE Olympiad in Moscow. The 1st round of the preliminaries, 1st Sep1956.
Among the pairings: Poland-Switzerland (bottom left); USSR-Sweden (top centre).

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"Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not."

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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#Checkmate Time!
Adolf Anderssen vs Carl Mayet, Berlin, 1851. White mates in 5.

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The ferociously talented young Iranian team posts an impressive 3:1 victory over higher-rated Belarus - 15-year-old Firouzja finally won a wild & beautiful game!

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Another big upset in #BatumiChess2018. Young chess talent Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2739) loses to Portugal's Luis Galego (2441) on board 1
Poland, however, still wins due to the victories on boards 2 and4

Chess Olympiad Brilliancy Prize.
http://www.chessdom.com/chess-olympiad-brilliancy-prize/

A fine win from Ding Liren 🇨🇳 as Black as he finishes things off with ...Bxh3+! against GM Cordoba.

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🔹 43rd Olympiad 2018 - Round 3
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🔹 Olympiad Women 2018 - Round 3
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🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️So,Wesley (2776)
⚫️Oboladze,Luka (2340)
🔸1-0

11.Na4!?
An interesting plan in Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation. White clears the way for the c4-pawn and tries to undermine Black's pawn chain with c4-c5.
11...Be7
A)11...c5? 12. e5 +-
B)11...d5?! 12.e5 Ne4 13.Be3 Qxe5 14.c4 Be7 15. Bd4 Qg5 16.Nb6 +-
12.c4 O-O 13.c5 dxc5 14.Be3 c4 15.Nb6 Rab8 16.Nxc4

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Vitiugov,Nikita (2726)
⚫️O'Donnell,Conor (2360)
🔸1-0

23.a4!
A strong move that allows a rook lift along the third rank in order to attack the opponent's castle.
23.Rb1 a4 which would prevent the White's idea.
23...Bd7 24.Ra3! Qf7 25.Rh1 Rfe8 26.Rh3 Re7 27.Nf3 Qg7 28.Ng5 1-0

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Idani,Pouya (2589)
⚫️Berend,Fred (2358)
🔸1-0

13.Qe1!
A dual-purpose move:
1- intending the Qf2-Rae1 setup, and trying to carry out the e4-lever.
2- Setting up a trap that the 53-year-old Luxemburg IM falls into it.
13...g6??
13...Bc7 =
14.Nxd5! Nxd5 15.Bxa5 +-